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• Oxycontin Manufacturer Agrees to Plead Guilty and Pay Fine of $600,000,000

  Bruce Roberts | May 28, 2007 4:36 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  The company that makes the narcotic painkiller OxyContin and three current and former executives of Purdue Pharma, the company that markets OxyContin pled guilty in Federal Court to criminal charges that they misled doctors, federal regulators and patients as to the addictive nature as to the prescription drug, OxyContin. OxyContin is a powerful, long-acting narcotic that provides relief of...

• United States Supreme Court Orders Lower Court to Review Punitive Damage Award

  Bruce Roberts | May 24, 2007 4:24 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  The United States Supreme Court has ordered a California appeals court to review its decision upholding an 82.6 million dollar Award to a woman who was paralyzed after her Ford Explorer rolled over. The Justices on the Supreme Court want the California court to review its decision to make sure it follows the a recent United States Supreme Court decision overturning a 79.5 million dollar Award...

• Victims of Hurricane Katrina file lawsuit against Army Corp of Engineers

  Bruce Roberts | May 21, 2007 4:08 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  With the deadline approaching for filing claims against the United States government and the Corps of Engineers more than a quarter of a million people have filed personal injury and property damage claims against the court demanding compensation. These lawsuits claim that the Corps of Engineers was negligent in designing the waterworks that go throughout New Orleans and the surrounding...

• California Moves to Ban Flavoring in Popcorn Linked to Workers' Illness

  Bruce Roberts | May 17, 2007 4:47 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Since 2001 academic studies have shown causal links between bronchiolitis obliterans, a rare and life-threatening form of restrictive lung disease and the chemical used in artificial butter flavoring called Diacetyl. Flavoring manufacturers have already paid out more than $100,000,000.00 in personal injury lawsuits by people sickened by what is now known as "popcorn workers' lung" over the past...

• State Court Ruling Places all Vioxx Suits in Texas on Hold

  Bruce Roberts | May 15, 2007 2:32 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  A ruling by a state district judge has resulted in more than 1,000 personal injury lawsuits presently pending in Texas against the pain medication Vioxx on hold until the Judge's order can be appealed. State District Judge Randy Wilson granted a motion by Merck and Company, Inc. the manufacturer of Vioxx to dismiss part of the plaintiffs' lawsuits. The basis for the order was a law passed in...